Anacortes Police have made the unusual move of offering a reward for information about whoever has damaged police vehicles on three seperate occasions.

With the recent loss of a major food processor, local agricultural leaders are concerned about the long-term viability of their industry, prompting the County Commissioners to schedule a work session on the future of agriculture in Skagit County.

The Anacortes Chamber of Commerce has put out a call for a Christmas Tree for the city's annual tree lighting early in December.

Island Hospital has apparently appointed eight local residents to a new ad-hoc Community Advisory Committee to increase community interaction with the hospital's Board of Commissioners.

Two Internet scams were reported this week. In one, an Anacortes woman lost several hundred dollars.

The Anacortes American is endorsing incumbent Mayor Dean Maxwell over challenger Laurie Gere for the Mayor's job, saying, "Maxwell has proven he can do this job well, and we think he can do it better than Laurie Gere can."